Watercolour Woodblock Printmaking
11 Week Class | Available
This is a comprehensive course exploring relief printmaking techniques on wood, using watercolour and Yamamoto Rice paste. During the course, students will learn how to register their images on the blocks, cut their images into the blocks, prepare paper for printing, and print in both black & white and colour. This course employs traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking techniques with a Western approach.
Base Tuition: $505 + Material Total: $60 = $565 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- - Preparing your block
- - Preparing your paper
- - Registration
- - Colour mixing
- - Keeping your tools sharp
- - Tonal blends
- - Carving techniques
Brian Hoxha
Brian has been teaching at the Toronto School of Art since 2004. He is also an educator in watercolour and printmaking at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Granite Club, and through private instruction. He is a long-time member of Open Studio, the artist-run centre and print studio. Hoxha’s work (watercolour, oil painting and printmaking) explores the beauty and solace of the natural world, finding inspiration in the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes of Northern Ontario, Western Canada, Newfoundland and Montana in particular. Hoxha is currently represented by Nouveau Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, as well as by a variety of art consultants in Toronto.